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Book Title: Becoming German : the 1709 Palatine Migration to New York
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.9in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Philip L. Otterness
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Europe / Germany, Emigration & Immigration, United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775)
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication Year: 2004
Genre: History, Social Science
Item Weight: 32.1 Oz
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
